Adam de Toneworth explained

Adam de Toneworth (also Toueworth or Towworth) was an English medieval university chancellor.[1]

Adam de Toneworth was Chancellor of the University of Oxford several times between 1366 and 1379.[2] As Chancellor of Oxford, he was involved with the John Wycliffe controversy.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. . Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University. 1988 . 521–522 . 0-333-39917-X . Hibbert . Christopher. Christopher Hibbert.
  2. Book: Wood, Anthony . The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford . . Fasti Oxonienses. 1790 . 27–28, 30 .
  3. Book: Innys, W. . Biographia Britannica: Or the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Times . 7 . https://books.google.com/books?id=yohDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA4261 . Wicliff . 1766 . 4261 .